Don’t take my word for it, consider these words of encouragement from Tim Keller and Mark Driscoll and then by all means go and invest some time and some money and the rest of your life in pursuing the desire for God well written in John Piper’s Desiring God. For His Name’s Sake Shalom dmcd
Read More Why You Should Read Desiring GodA mother’s love gets a lot of hype in our society. The balance is wrong I think. In as much as the nurturing love of a mother is important to a baby’s healthy upbringing, my reading on the situation was that it required both the father and the mother. Neglecting one and heightening the role […]
Read More Love To My MotherSongs say so much. But first, back to television. The BBC broadcast a BAFTA tribute to comedian Ronnie Barker some six years ago and in the run-up to the seasonal period where people would mention the Two Ronnies, they showed the tribute again. Hopefully you know how these deals go on. Lots of showbiz types […]
Read More My Friend, JesusDeacon Henry – a stalwart of a church in Derby died today. Death at the best of times is something to take seriously, but this one had a big impact on me. I needed somewhere to express my gratitude to God for his life and here seemed to be the best place. The years in which […]
Read More Goodbye Grandad – Tribute To My PatriarchYeah I know what you might be thinking: how can I possibly apply such a great biblical characteristic of a great biblical character to my brother? Read on and you’ll see where I’m coming from. Today my brother celebrates 32 years on planet earth. Of course at this point I enjoy pointing out that for […]
Read More David – A Man After God’s HeartI don’t usually blog at this time on this here blog, but I came across something that merited this special blog entry. It’s not even for what I have to blog about, it’s about another blog entry elsewhere. Big thanks to Jon Bloom over at Desiring God for putting together this tribute to Keith Green […]
Read More Keith Green SpecialCredit where credit is due is always a beautiful thing and so it was a pleasure to come across this particular clip of Marvin Sapp briefly recalling his dream coming true in recording with Marvin Winans. The song itself is a tribute to the process that comes from inspiration and how fitting those words and […]
Read More Marvin on Marvin – Sapp’s Tribute to WinansOn this day a child was born, at this time a son was given and his name was called Christopher Luketon John Dryden. Up until last night I wasn’t particularly bothered about putting together a blog about a day like today. I don’t think I’ve done it in the past. That all changed when I […]
Read More Happy ChristophermasThere are some things that I’m really surprised about concerning this blog. One of them is that I’ve only mentioned Hughie Lawrence once before. I struggle to believe that in all that I’ve written in well over 500 posts I’ve only mentioned him once when he’s been fairly pivotal to the Christopher Dryden Story over […]
Read More Hughie Lawrence – How Deep Is Your Love?You may have noticed yesterday that the entry mentioned my mother. I may have mentioned before, family is very important to me, especially the immediate family in which I was brought up. I was brought up in an isolated background so my siblings and parents meant a great deal to me. Mum and Dad recently […]
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